Salsa classes and Latin dance night

Free Bar Entry – Classes £4 each or £6 for both

2 for 1 Cuban Cocktails

Telfords has hosted a salsa club in Chester for over 15 years and we’re now launching Latin MANIA!

Learn Cuban salsa lessons every Wednesday with Lee Baker and Rachael Lynette. Lessons are provided for all levels of ability, from complete beginners to experienced dancers. You don’t need a partner – you’ll change partners all the time in a friendly, fun group.

8.00 pm: Separate classes for Beginners and Improver level

8.45 pm: Intermediate level partnerwork and Improver (and above) rueda (Cuban group dance, performed in a circle or ‘wheel’)

– Beginner classes introduce you to salsa music, teach the basic footwork steps and let you take your first steps dancing with a partner.

9.30 pm till 12.30: Dance into the night with a mix that includes salsa, timba, bachata, regaetton, merengue, latin pop and more.

Classes are just £4 for one class or £6 for two classes. Entry to social dancing after 9.30 is free.

Free Entry

Hosted By 10 piece Blues Band

‘A Shrewdness of Apes’

Have you ever fancied performing on stage with a full live band behind you?? Weather you play guitar, bass, drums or fancy a crack at singing now’s your chance. Chester super group A Shrewdness Of Apes will be resident band inviting you to tell them your favorite blues tracks with the chance to join them on Telford’s stage for a jam session in front of a live audience. So get your thinking caps on and practice, practice, practice as you could become the next Jimi Hendrix!

free entry before 10pm…£4 after

In 2007 Mechanical Owl was the solo bedroom recording project of Mike Payne. Described amongst other things in the Leeds music press as “folktronica”, the first recordings mixed live acoustic instruments with sequenced sounds and melodic vocals into oddly structured songs. Later on in the year, and having moved back to his parents’ house in North Wales, Mike had the space to make more noise, and after buying some microphones and a drum kit off a friend he began recording indie rock songs in the room his Dad kept his penguin books collection. The songs still contained electronic elements, but Mike also adopted a more traditional song writing style, taking influence from the music he grew up listening to in the 90s and 00s. Eventually those recordings grew into the first online and physical self-release called “Snowdonia EP“.

The EP gained fans, favourable reviews and attention from radio DJs including Steve Lamacq, Adam Walton and Bethan Elfyn. A band was soon assembled and live shows were played in Northern and Southern UK cities. After a few years of playing clubs and festivals, and a failed attempt to record an album, Mike decided to implement “the backup plan” and go back to university to study a Masters in Computer Science.

After a 3 year break from Mechanical Owl and about to turn 30, Mike started to think about writing songs for the project again. This time with the goal of a creating full length album. During the time away from music, it had become very important to finish a complete musical work, and having obtained a fresh work ethic, it seemed completely possible. Recording guitars, vocals and other sounds began quickly at home, with drums played and recorded in Full of Joy Studios near Mold, with Tim McIver (Golden Fable) engineering. In the gaps between work and life, the album started to take shape. With help from Drum With Our Hands in late 2014/early 2015, the album was finally mixed, mastered and ready for release.

Now, with a new live band, Mechanical Owl has been re awakened with a fresh spirit. Work on the next album has already begun, with new material and the pick of a 7 year backlog of demos, ideas and full recordings. “Winter Songs” is a line in the sand, chronicling the last few years and signalling a new found intent to release and play heartfelt music again.

free entry before 10pm…£4 after

Cantaloop’s mission is to provide 800% of C-funk with a satisfaction guarantee! This can be delivered to an intimate crowd or to the masses. Cantaloop are fronted by the C-funk messenger Dannie Dee with his trussed C-funk doctors 100C on guitar and Paulo De’Wooton or Gus on bass. No band is absolute without the engine and Cantaloop have two F1 Groove machines to choose from The Beef or King Popeye on drums.

Under the orders of Captain Sugar Lips with his 1st mate, The Horns of Plenty launch their monster horn lines, throwing down Phat dollops of Funkelicious Brass. When all these elements combust the Cantaloop Brotherhood always let the people know they are “CHAAAC-LAT” Cantaloop are a true urban Funk outfit

SOLD OUT

“They were absolutely fantastic, bringing the entire audience roaring to its feet.”Daily Telegraph

A very special evening with award-winning singer songwriter Hazel O’Connor, joined here by Clare Hirst (Bellestars, Communards, David Bowie) on sax and Sarah Fisher (Eurythmics) on keyboards. The superb blend of the three voices and stunning musicianship adds a sweet touch of class to their vibrant performance. Live onstage, her unforgettable songs from the iconic film Breaking Glass, which this year celebrates its 35th anniversary, including Eighth Day, Will You, Big Brother, If Only and more seem even more relevant in our present times.

Expect a soulful introspective dip into Hazel’s stunning portfolio, the old and the new. A sumptuous night of some of the greatest songs of the 20th Century delivered with passion and fire. With a special Meet & Greet immediately after the show you’re in for a treat! .Unmissable, book early!

Salsa classes and Latin dance night

Free Bar Entry – Classes £4 each or £6 for both

2 for 1 Cuban Cocktails

Telfords has hosted a salsa club in Chester for over 15 years and we’re now launching Latin MANIA!

Learn Cuban salsa lessons every Wednesday with Lee Baker and Rachael Lynette. Lessons are provided for all levels of ability, from complete beginners to experienced dancers. You don’t need a partner – you’ll change partners all the time in a friendly, fun group.

8.00 pm: Separate classes for Beginners and Improver level

8.45 pm: Intermediate level partnerwork and Improver (and above) rueda (Cuban group dance, performed in a circle or ‘wheel’)

– Beginner classes introduce you to salsa music, teach the basic footwork steps and let you take your first steps dancing with a partner.

Classes are just £4 for one class or £6 for two classes. Entry to social dancing after 9.30 is free.

Yucatan will be releasing an album and touring in 2015. The album was recorded in Snowdonia and very much reflects the area. Their epic performance of sweeping instrumentation, soaring choirs, and breathtaking vocals, in the band’s mother tongue of Welsh, will deliver shimmering celestial sensations in bucket loads!

Yucatan’s self-titled debut album, recorded in Snowdonia and mastered at Sigur Ros’ studio in Iceland, has received considerable praise from critics. The album has been described as “stunning music from a special place” by BBC Radio One’s Huw Stephens.

They have performed in a variety of festivals, and toured the UK to promote Enlli, their sold-out vinyl EP, released on their own label, Recordiau Coll. They have also toured in Poland and there are further plans to tour Europe to promote the new album.

Crackling Vinyl began in November 2011 as an excuse for music enthusiasts,Adam Walton, Ben ‘Soundhog’ Hayes and Elin Bach to play their favourite records in their favourite music venue far away from the madness of endless requests for the kind of R&B that wasn’t pressed on Chess Records.

free entry before 10pm…£4 after

The Last Scout are an alternative rock band from the north west of England

Free entry before 10pm…£4 after

The Wholls (Wolz) are a Bedford-based 4-piece who play alternative rock music for venues packed with manic fans, with a sound that sits equally as comfortably on mainstream radio along with the likes of Jamie T, Royal Blood and Foals.

Their live shows make punk rock look like a picnic – performed with an enthusiasm and energy rivalled by nobody. This has already gained them strong support from their local BBC Introducing who have had them perform on festival stages over the last year, with more interviews and exposure planned.

The Wholls are releasing their fully supported debut single ‘X21’ on the 23rd October backed by a very impressive industry team. This, combined with a string of shows they have lined up, including a launch party at Camden’s Barfly on release date, ensures The Wholls will be making their presence felt on TV screens and radio stations across the UK.

With slots available from 8pm

Bar Entry Free

Paint Nite Tickets £25

Using coupon ‘ukrocks’ (usually £45)

UK launch for Paint Nite events

No experience required! Just follow along while our social painter guides you step-by-step through the featured painting in about two hours. If you’re feeling creative, change the colors to suit your décor or go completely rogue. We provide all the painting supplies: a 16”x20” canvas, acrylic paint, brushes, apron, music, and a good time.

This event will be hosted by Lindsay Burgess who will be guiding you through the painting step by step. The painting featured in this event has been created by artist Shannon Pan especially for Paint Nite events and is called Hummingbird Silhouette.

Salsa classes and Latin dance night

Free Bar Entry – Classes £4 each or £6 for both

2 for 1 Cuban Cocktails

Telfords has hosted a salsa club in Chester for over 15 years and we’re now launching Latin MANIA!

Learn Cuban salsa lessons every Wednesday with Lee Baker and Rachael Lynette. Lessons are provided for all levels of ability, from complete beginners to experienced dancers. You don’t need a partner – you’ll change partners all the time in a friendly, fun group.

8.00 pm: Separate classes for Beginners and Improver level

8.45 pm: Intermediate level partnerwork and Improver (and above) rueda (Cuban group dance, performed in a circle or ‘wheel’)

– Beginner classes introduce you to salsa music, teach the basic footwork steps and let you take your first steps dancing with a partner.

Classes are just £4 for one class or £6 for two classes. Entry to social dancing after 9.30 is free.

Free Entry

Hosted by local folk pioneers The Deportees will be inviting down folk musicians to join them in an organised folk session on Telford’s intimate window stage. Playing is by invite only or you can get in touch with them direct via contact.deportees.com and arrange a show with them as house band.

Mick Adrian and Graham play guitars, mandolin, mandocello, bouzouki and banjo as well as harmonica and melodeon – almost entirely acoustic, but with some subtle electric guitar touches.

Most of all they sing – three voices finding unexpected harmonies in a mix of old and recent songs from both sides of the Atlantic, some written by themselves, others by their heroes like Woody Guthrie, Richard Thompson, Hank Williams, John Martyn, Bob Dylan, Guy Clark, Robert Johnson, Buddy Holly, Tom Waits and good old Trad Arr.You’ll hear songs to join in with, songs to make you think, songs to move you and songs to get you moving

There will be seating, candles, excellent beers, wines and spirits to enhance your enjoyment of the album.

Entry will be FREE, of course.

18+ only.

Tuesday 22nd March

Tickets £13 Advance / £15 Door

OTWAY AND BARRETT – THE FINAL STRAW TOUR 2016

This may be the last Otway and Barrett tour – according to Willy. Otway remains unconvinced.

The partnership of John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett was never going to be smooth. Willy was a musical prodigy having learned to play at the age of four and mastering the guitar, piano, banjo and fiddle by the time Otway gave his first performance – drinking a bottle of ink in-one in the school playground, to an audience of 100 fellow school-children who did not believe anyone would go to such ridiculous extremes just to get attention.

It was only because they lived a hundred yards apart and that a fortune-teller (at the local Red-Cross bazaar in Aylesbury ) had told Otway that he would achieve fame and success with a blonde haired musician, that they ever worked together in the first place.

The first place Otway and Barrett did not work together was their first gig – John was heckled off stage during his solo number and both Willy and the audience decided that it would be better if they did not do the rest of the show as a duo.

They did however do some recording together, but after falling out John put out the single himself leaving Willy’s name off the label. That should have been the end of the duo, but Pete Townshend heard the record and offered to produce the act – an offer neither party felt they could refuse.

With the hatchet temporarily buried John and Willy produced their first album. After appearance on the TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test – during which John landed on his testicles whilst leaping astride Willy’s amplifier – an amused punk audience bought enough copies of the single “Really Free” to give them their first Hit.

Things did not go smoothly following this success. Otway unwisely chose to follow up the Otway/Barrett punk hit with a solo Otway orchestral ballad he had written for a girl he fancied – it was a flop so, to the annoyance of their record company (who had paid them a massive advance) John and Willy split up again, the day their second Album “Deep and Meaningless” was released.

When times got tough they did re-unite for short periods of time, but any sustained partnership was usually curtailed by unreasonable behaviour by one of the parties. Barrett writing a song called “Give It Headbutts” which required him to bang John’s head against the microphone in time to the music and Otway recording a solo album called “All Balls and no Willy” are typical examples of this.

In the past few years Otway and Barrett have reunited for a few short tours, if only to prove that nothing much has changed.

In 2013 Otway intensively toured the country screening his rockumentary film ( premiered at The Odeon, Leicester Square and shown at Cannes) in which Willy is prominently featured. However, at the time of writing Willy has refused to watch the film. Some things never change.

‘Both John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett remain enigmas to the vast majority of the British public, but for those who know they are amongst the top ten of favourite artists to see live. The show is a wonderful eclectic mix of bizarre humour, superb visual effects, fine guitar playing and the best use of a Theremin anywhere. ‘

Salsa classes and Latin dance night

Free Bar Entry – Classes £4 each or £6 for both

2 for 1 Cuban Cocktails

Telfords has hosted a salsa club in Chester for over 15 years and we’re now launching Latin MANIA!

Learn Cuban salsa lessons every Wednesday with Lee Baker and Rachael Lynette. Lessons are provided for all levels of ability, from complete beginners to experienced dancers. You don’t need a partner – you’ll change partners all the time in a friendly, fun group.

8.00 pm: Separate classes for Beginners and Improver level

8.45 pm: Intermediate level partnerwork and Improver (and above) rueda (Cuban group dance, performed in a circle or ‘wheel’)

– Beginner classes introduce you to salsa music, teach the basic footwork steps and let you take your first steps dancing with a partner.

Classes are just £4 for one class or £6 for two classes. Entry to social dancing after 9.30 is free.

John Sherriff and Jay Ronan

Between them they provide (or have provided) perfectly constructed harmonies and guitar for bands such as ‘Macca’, ‘Sparrowhawks’, ‘Black Butterfly’ and ‘The Suns’

On thursday the 24th of march

they will be entertaining us with cover versions of songs by the likes of

The Beatles, Oasis, Manic Street Preachers, Radiohead, Stereophonics, Coldplay, The Smiths, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Kinks, The Beach Boys, The Libertines, Foo Fighters, The Zutons, The Killers, Babyshambles, Blur, Weezer, Thin Lizzy, The Verve and more

In Association With

Aspalls Cider

Free Entry Before 9pm £4 Thereafter

Trevor Roots & The Collaborators are a roots reggae band playing a mixture of original songs and covers by artists ranging from Dennis Brown to Burning Spear. Talented and creative musicians they are known for their catchy songs soulful vocals and energetic live performances.

Through the networks developed by playing in different bands within the diverse musical communities of Manchester, Trevor Roots and the Collaborators were formed. Joined by a love of reggae, a shared history in M16, and making music, the Collaborators songs reflect contemporary issues and the hope for a brighter future.

Free before 9pm, £4 thereafter

Every fledgling band needs their own rehearsal space – the school music room or the drummer’s bedroom – but Hunter And The Bear ended up in a soundproofed shipping container in a London car park, a nice touch for a band that are certainly going places. Starting out as a duo, long-time friends Jimmy Hunter (lead guitar/mandolin) and Will Irvine (guitar/lead vocals and nicknamed “The Bear” at school, so work out the origins of their unusual band name yourselves) ended up at the same university in Newcastle writing songs together before heading south to London in 2012 in pursuit of gigs.

Their hard work and enthusiastic approaching to playing live, anywhere and anytime, led to the addition of drummer Gareth Thompson, who they spotted playing at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and the rhythm section was completed in 2014 with the addition of bassist Chris Clark, a timely move as they were given the opportunity to support Eric Clapton on his UK arena tour that same summer as well as performing at Scotland’s T In The Park and Belladrum Tartan Heart festivals.

The band’s influences are rich and varied, which is reflected in their music. Irvine and Hunter’s Scottish upbringings lent exposure to traditional music but a love of classic rock bands like LynyrdSkynrydand The Band shines through in both song-writing and performance – a powerful blend of folk, rock and country, with strong vocal harmonies and soaring guitar lines. Debut EP “Dusty Road” (featuring favourites “Forest On The Hill” and “Taliesin”) earned high praise and the follow-up EP “Before I Came Home” was preceded by single “Pick Me Up.”

In August this year, the band played Reading Festival and new EP entitled “Wildfire” was released in the summer, containing standout tracks “Burn It Up” and “Since September.”

Depo (Michael Deponio) is back to host open Mic at telfords. a truely brilliant natural talent. A human jukebox with a soulful voice that makes every song his own.

slots available from 8pm

Free Entry

Interactive Art / Music / Social

The Draw Inn – Interactive Art / Music / Social

In October Telford’s Warehouse is launching a brand new pop up interactive art and social night to Chester.

Drawing (no pun intended) on ideas based on events across the country such as Street Wars and Doodle-planet, ‘The Draw Inn ’ combines sketching, graffiti, painting and imagery with musical backdrops and social interaction.

Whether you are an experience penman, budding artist or want to try your hand at drawing then head on down to this special event on the 15th October and let your creativity run free. Art materials will be available on the night to hire but please feel free to bring along your own mediums. Art boards & paper will already be laid out upon arrival so you can get stuck right in. Doors open at 8pm with guest DJ’s playing a selection of the finest tracks spanning everything from Tom Waits to Dire Straits.

Before time is called artists will be encouraged to swap, sell, give away, or just show off their masterpieces. Barter with whatever you can, buy them a pint, sign a t-shirt or use good old fashioned cash, so long as both parties agree you could be walking away with your very own original artworks. The night will also be accompanied with an ‘The Draw Inn’ stall where you can buy a selection of postcards, greetings cards and signed prints by participating artists.

So be participant or spectator, art lover or critic don’t miss out on this creative social. You can find out more details on Telford’s website, www.telfordswarehouse.com or simply search or The Draw Inn on Facebook.

Sometimes being tied up in knots….. can really alleviate the pressure ya know?
Sketchy’s kicks off a year of SEX ED with a lesson on BONDAGE.

Models will get strapped up and tied down for you to sketch in a series of timed challenges.. maybe whilst someone recites from Misfortunes of virtue. Because we’re a bit like that. And we do so love a theme.

~ for the real sadists out there bring your nervy ‘I can’t draw friends’ – they will leave satisfied, I’ll make sure of that.

with performance from JYNX MONSTER
and modelling from JYNX and my TEACHERS PET(S) + other enthusiasts we have… ahem.. ‘roped’ in.

All tickets purchased via paypal get noted. You will receive an email confirmation that your name is now on the register and you will be ticked off on arrival. No need to bring a thing!

Paper & Pencils provided. Please feel free to bring your own stash if you prefer – nothing too messy (lets save that for the sploshing event a little later on in the curriculum)

You don’t need to know how to draw or have had extensive tutorage in such matters. We will show you the way.

Your Headmistress,
Miss Fortune
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Salsa classes and Latin dance night

Free Bar Entry – Classes £4 each or £6 for both

2 for 1 Cuban Cocktails

Telfords has hosted a salsa club in Chester for over 15 years and we’re now launching Latin MANIA!

Learn Cuban salsa lessons every Wednesday with Lee Baker and Rachael Lynette. Lessons are provided for all levels of ability, from complete beginners to experienced dancers. You don’t need a partner – you’ll change partners all the time in a friendly, fun group.

8.00 pm: Separate classes for Beginners and Improver level

8.45 pm: Intermediate level partnerwork and Improver (and above) rueda (Cuban group dance, performed in a circle or ‘wheel’)

– Beginner classes introduce you to salsa music, teach the basic footwork steps and let you take your first steps dancing with a partner.

Classes are just £4 for one class or £6 for two classes. Entry to social dancing after 9.30 is free.

FREE ENTRY

The Flispside @ Telford’s

‘The Flipside’ is an event dedicated to promoting local music and community radio in Chester and features live performances from some of the finest artistes on the local scene with DJ support from various flipside selectors and guests. Basically, if you like music, and you live in an around Chester, then you need to get yourself down to this one. Oh yeah, and its FREE ENTRY!
Check out the line up.
Texas Banjo Massacre
We are delighted to have this exciting new Chester group (formed January this year) performing at The Flispside.
Through their mutual disillusionment with just about everything, except music and all things five stringed and banjo shaped, Dave Steele and Pat Ranscombe set about changing the universe.(This is often referred to as a midlife crisis).
And so, in January 2016 Texas Banjo Massacre was born. The aforementioned musical troubadours teamed up with a posse of wandering souls and began choogling.
Based in the North West’s cultural Mecca aka Chester they are
Jordan Curley Vocals
Pat Ranscombe Guitars, vocals, banjos
Dave Steele Guitars, vocals, banjos
Pete Atwood Bass
Tony O’leary Keyboards
Barbara Grande Gil Drums
They play a blend of edgy, garage country folk rock, with a bit of banjo somewhere.
Already they are creating a rumble with a clutch of shows in and around Chester and a radio session to boot. Currently writing and recording material for a forthcoming project which is yet to be announced, 2016 is shaping up to be an exciting prospect for these guys.
Check out Texas Banjo Massacre’s fantastic live session which was aired on Flispside Radio recently.https://soundcloud.com/chester-playlist/sets/ole-smokey-presents-the-flipside-sessions-with-texas-banjo-massacre
Isabella Crowther
Isabella Crowther is an Indie/Acoustic artist from North Wales but is currently based in London. She left North Wales at sixteen to pursue music at Birmingham Ormiston Academy which was in collaboration with the Brit School. Her style and songwriting is influenced by all genres of music, an example of what happens when a new generation of musicians collide with the internet. She is going to be gigging the London music scene this 2016. Debut E.P. to be released this summer with music videos to some soon after.
Isabella Crowther was in the Flispside studio a few weeks ago. Have listen to her performance here.https://soundcloud.com/chester-playlist/sets/ole-smokey-presents-the-flipside-sessions-ft-isabella-crowther-22-12-2015
Dj support is provided by Flipside Selector Ole Smokey.
Ole Smokey has a long and distinguished DJ career. He was a resident at the GardenFestival in Croatia, a resident at Mr Scruff’s Tea Tent, provided mixes for Gilles Peterson’s “Worldwide Family Mixtape”, andan “All Back to Mine” Mix for Sean Rowley’s “Joy of Music” on BBC Kent amongst others. He’s had two 7inch 45’s and a 10inch of edits released on KAT Records.
Smokey also spent 11 years in San Francisco, working as a DJ and promoter with Bulletproof. During this period he worked with the likes of Mark Farina – DJ Shadow – Galliano – DIY – Gilles Peterson –Derek Carter – Coldcut – DJ Food – Greyboy and the GreyboyAllstars to name a few.
Currently you can catch Ole Smokey on Flipside Radio hosting “Open Mind“ on Thursdays 2-4pm.www.flispideradio.orghttps://soundcloud.com/ole-smokey

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